The event dedicated to National Leader Heydar Aliyev’s Memorial Day was held at the Institute of Folklore. First, the memory of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev and our martyrs who gave their lives for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our republic was commemorated with a minute of silence.

Speaking at the event the head of the Publishing Department of the Institute Mahir Javadov spoke about the unparalleled services of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev in the establishment of our modern independent state. The speaker said: “In philosophy the geniuses are valued as those whose intentions, the greatness of their work differ from many, as superior ones, as concrete entities that amaze more than anyone and everything else in history. In another sense, one way to succeed lies precisely in the ability to amaze. Without this skill, persuasion, indoctrination and, at the end, success are impossible. National Leader Heydar Aliyev is also one of the unique personalities of the world with human values. Both the first period of his rule in our republic and the years of his salvation mission are written in golden letters in the history of Azerbaijan. Today our existence as an independent state, our existence as a whole homeland is the result and triumph of Heydar Aliyev’s policy”. Then the leading researcher of the department of Folklore and written literature, PhD in philology, associate professor Sevinj Aliyeva made a report on “Heydar Aliyev: national-historical memory and literary process”.

Then, the head of the department of Folklore and written literature of the Institute, Doctor of Sciences, associate professor Leyla Mammadova and senior researcher of the department of Mythology, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, professor Ramil Aliyev spoke about Heydar Aliyev’s exceptional services to the Azerbaijani people, his value to Azerbaijani science, his work in the field of evaluation and systematic promotion of literary and cultural heritage.